western scrub jay

noun

variants or Western scrub jay

: scrub jay sense a

Chaparral is the next habitat where scrub oak is abundant and where I spotted several bright blue western scrub jays.

—Priscilla Lister, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2010

Word History

First Known Use

2003, in the meaning defined above

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